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some kind of intervention will happen with us or without us. fr so the real question for u.s.atn policy is whether we willonflict participate in the next phase od the conflict in syria andshape n thereby increase our ability to achieve an outcome that is beneficial to the syrian peoplet and us and i believe we must. the president has characterizedt the prevention of mass atrocities as, quote, a core national security interest. he has made it the objective of the united states the the stop, killing and syria must stop, that al asadas must go. pstig he's committed the prestige ando credibility of the nation to t that goal, and it is the right n goal. however, it is not clear that the present policy can succeed. if he manages to claim the power or even if he manages to sustain the slaughter for months to come to all of the human and entails geopolitical cost that that entails it would be a strategicr and moral defeat for the united, states. we cannot and must not allow this to happen. h for this reason the time has come for a new policy. as we con
some kind of intervention will happen with us or without us. fr so the real question for u.s.atn policy is whether we willonflict participate in the next phase od the conflict in syria andshape n thereby increase our ability to achieve an outcome that is beneficial to the syrian peoplet and us and i believe we must. the president has characterizedt the prevention of mass atrocities as, quote, a core national security interest. he has made it the objective of the united states the the stop,...
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the pakistanis also have an narrative which is the americans' use us and discard us against the russians in the 1980's and toss us out ostensibly because of the nuclear proliferation in 1990. they use us in the war after 9/11, but after 2014 they are going to go away you can count on it that is the think americans are hard wired to desert them. this set of stereotypes is lazy and a very pernicious. one way to get out of this is to say hussain haqqani, my counterpart that suggested time for a divorce or someone who shall remain nameless that said it's time for containment to push this away. those two ridings are not reasonable alternatives that steve has said remaining engaged with pakistan there is an alternative to it. but i would argue that having a focus simply on the bilateral relationship is something that has been a problem for us and what we need to do is break out of this if you will the sterile debate and look at the issues that are crosscutting with pakistan's relationship to india and that have to do with a sequence of events that will take place after 2014 when the american f
the pakistanis also have an narrative which is the americans' use us and discard us against the russians in the 1980's and toss us out ostensibly because of the nuclear proliferation in 1990. they use us in the war after 9/11, but after 2014 they are going to go away you can count on it that is the think americans are hard wired to desert them. this set of stereotypes is lazy and a very pernicious. one way to get out of this is to say hussain haqqani, my counterpart that suggested time for a...
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no individual will be required to use contraception. this rule doesn't force anyone with a religious objections such as a catholic doctor to prescribe or provide contraception. requires insurance companies provide coverage for the contraceptives and the patient who wanted them. it's important to know doctors prescribed culture sections for medical and health reasons for instance to reduce the risk of some cancers. it's also important to note, because i think this hasn't been clear in some of the commentary, that the policy maintains the religious employer exemption. churches are not required, they are exempt. other houses of worship are not required, they are exempt to cover contraception. so it's also important to note that as we developed this policy and found what we believe is the appropriate balance that 20 states -- more than half -- 28 states in the country have always with contraception coverage mandates. over half of americans already live in those 28 states. several of those states, like north carolina, new york and california
no individual will be required to use contraception. this rule doesn't force anyone with a religious objections such as a catholic doctor to prescribe or provide contraception. requires insurance companies provide coverage for the contraceptives and the patient who wanted them. it's important to know doctors prescribed culture sections for medical and health reasons for instance to reduce the risk of some cancers. it's also important to note, because i think this hasn't been clear in some of...
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the joint dod-va guidance on treating veterans with president second -- ptsd for use of opiates and use of -- now concerns are you that the guidelines aren't being followed a the clinical level between patient and there. what kind of data are you seeing to support the fact that the treatments are actually these guidelines are being followed. and secretary panetta, a quick followup on barbara's question given the serious concerns, would it be correct to assume there's no thinking about pro everyonetive action. is it using the weapons or intelligence trigger something? >> let me go at the discussion about opiates or any of the addictive drugs. again, this is why this relationship is important because there is a stark point for many of the issues and it comes down to our being courageous enough to ask ourselves whether it be having the right approach on the medication whether we overmedicate. and we're going to answer the questions. i have a personal opinion here, but i would like to see the results of the search. it will be a joint effort between the dod medical community and the -- va co
the joint dod-va guidance on treating veterans with president second -- ptsd for use of opiates and use of -- now concerns are you that the guidelines aren't being followed a the clinical level between patient and there. what kind of data are you seeing to support the fact that the treatments are actually these guidelines are being followed. and secretary panetta, a quick followup on barbara's question given the serious concerns, would it be correct to assume there's no thinking about pro...
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and this will allow us later on to look at work conditionali. mrcry.ch d tcoe fd huoucote >>nk f y insightful testimony. as i understand it, this universal crit is a new approach that you're just beginning toloor iem tisruha rr e tit,re arat ies inctne year. we are building a new software system and everything else, and we're doing some early advance rug utlymestarti around about s eeatles >>thalhoe lvy t glitcheto have uniformity across the country? so you wouldn't have a different policy in wales from greater london or inreato f rt b an oterf c bu ivatn it cld b a very lolized delivery. it's not -- right now we'll be doing as it a national delivery we o fcuns bedded in, and then etthou liz weorxation, so alongside this is a big change to create what's called a realtime information system on our tax bas so n whape bse om gond e pnttex thiessh they earn so much money because that's their prediction. we know in pa-time work that hours changed so it's not the me yeecs dialre you gebao tauito ndjoux ppaststs he mome. the problem is you're coming fr
and this will allow us later on to look at work conditionali. mrcry.ch d tcoe fd huoucote >>nk f y insightful testimony. as i understand it, this universal crit is a new approach that you're just beginning toloor iem tisruha rr e tit,re arat ies inctne year. we are building a new software system and everything else, and we're doing some early advance rug utlymestarti around about s eeatles >>thalhoe lvy t glitcheto have uniformity across the country? so you wouldn't have a different...
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as citizens and as business leaders, help us innovate, help us increase the nation's cybersecurity by securing your own networks. help us remain ahead of the threats that we confront. by doing so, you will help ensure that cyberspace continues to bring prosperity to your companies into people across the world. ben has played an important part in this debate by identifying cybersecurity is a key national security challenge, or business and government must partner together. and so are the two thanks for your leadership in this area in thank you again for your recognition of the efforts we have made. but more broadly, but the thank you for your commitment to the jury that guides all of us in this nation. i talked about my parents as immigrants. i used to ask my father, why did he travel all that distance to come to a strange land, leaving the comfort of family. it was a poor area in italy, but why would she leave your comfort of family and travel of the distance to strange land. my father said the reason he did it is because he and my mother believed that they could give their children a
as citizens and as business leaders, help us innovate, help us increase the nation's cybersecurity by securing your own networks. help us remain ahead of the threats that we confront. by doing so, you will help ensure that cyberspace continues to bring prosperity to your companies into people across the world. ben has played an important part in this debate by identifying cybersecurity is a key national security challenge, or business and government must partner together. and so are the two...
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give us the flexibility. the standing rock sioux tribe in north dakota delivering advanced services across their reservation because of governmental flexibility. the ftc's decision to designate standing rock telecom that can receive universal service funds. this designation has empowered standing rock to own and operate essential telecommunications infrastructure. this offers avenues for economic development, opportunities to preserve tribal languages and culture and infrastructure for distance learning programs. that is the kind of flexibility we need in indian country when only one in 10 native people have access to broadband today. the reno indian colony in nevada opened a 65,000 square foot health facility in 2007 that showed the promise of tax-exempt bond financing. almost $16 million in bonds funded a full-service clinic that serves 100,000 people each year. this project created permanent jobs and build the infrastructure for quality health services. tribes were denied full access to the source of finan
give us the flexibility. the standing rock sioux tribe in north dakota delivering advanced services across their reservation because of governmental flexibility. the ftc's decision to designate standing rock telecom that can receive universal service funds. this designation has empowered standing rock to own and operate essential telecommunications infrastructure. this offers avenues for economic development, opportunities to preserve tribal languages and culture and infrastructure for distance...
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saw dni with b-bravo but i setter institute, we used to bring b-bravo to work with us. when i came back to the shops, you know, i continue to bring bravo to air. i used to bring bravo back with me and he succumbed to the office and i was cia director. pravastatin on almost all of the meetings. involving the operation against bin laden. and today he hasn't told again so it happened. [laughter] [applause] >> thank you for coming today. i'd also like to thank the national press club staff come including including journalists and then institute broadcast center for organizing today's event. finally, a reminder you can find more information about the national press club on a website. if you take a copy of today's program can please check our website at press.org. thank you and we are assured. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> one of the things it does surprise me a little. i didn't conduct a nationwide survey of gun owners, but among people who own guns but i talked with, i found very often the reaction, you know, you're way of thinking before and after you've got a gu
saw dni with b-bravo but i setter institute, we used to bring b-bravo to work with us. when i came back to the shops, you know, i continue to bring bravo to air. i used to bring bravo back with me and he succumbed to the office and i was cia director. pravastatin on almost all of the meetings. involving the operation against bin laden. and today he hasn't told again so it happened. [laughter] [applause] >> thank you for coming today. i'd also like to thank the national press club staff...
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continue to bless and keep us. make your face to shine upon us and be gracious unto us. lift the light of your continents upon us, and give us your piece now and always. we pray in your sovereign name, amen. >> please join me in a singing god bless america. ♪ ♪ god bless america ♪ and that i loved ♪ stand beside her ♪ and dieter her ♪ with the light from of ♪ from the mountains to the prairie is ♪ ♪ to the oceans white with foam ♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet home ♪ god bless america ♪ foam ♪ [applause] >> thank you all for coming. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the congressional commemoration from earlier today of 9/11. part of our coverage of the events surrounding that day. we are also registering your reaction to the events of 9/11 through your speech tweets. the u.s. senate is set to come back at 2:15 eastern for more work on the veterans jobs bill. we will have live coverage when they return at again, 2:15 eastern on c-span2. until then, more on the anniversary of 9/11 from this morning's washington journal. >> a member of the intelligence com
continue to bless and keep us. make your face to shine upon us and be gracious unto us. lift the light of your continents upon us, and give us your piece now and always. we pray in your sovereign name, amen. >> please join me in a singing god bless america. ♪ ♪ god bless america ♪ and that i loved ♪ stand beside her ♪ and dieter her ♪ with the light from of ♪ from the mountains to the prairie is ♪ ♪ to the oceans white with foam ♪ god bless america ♪ my home sweet...
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relative to us. so lieutenant general burgess, i just want to ask you, i know over the past few years the defense department has worked with homeland security -- excuse me. on the southwestern border -- sorry. and i understand that you all want to terminate those operations coming up. and i greatly sent a letter to you and to the office of management and budget, you know, just asking if you would we look that simply because of what's happening, not just with mexico and the drug cartels but with iran. and you know we've all been talking about it this morning, and it does concern me, you know. when you look, and begins its been mentioned over and over, but the attack, the plotting by the quds force relative to the saudi ambassador and what kind of access they have here into the united states, across the southern border. it just seems like by continuing the operations of being on that border, it's going to listen that threat in the sense that we have a better chance of stopping something. and so, you kn
relative to us. so lieutenant general burgess, i just want to ask you, i know over the past few years the defense department has worked with homeland security -- excuse me. on the southwestern border -- sorry. and i understand that you all want to terminate those operations coming up. and i greatly sent a letter to you and to the office of management and budget, you know, just asking if you would we look that simply because of what's happening, not just with mexico and the drug cartels but with...
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tell us about that, too. >> first, think you for inviting us to this meeting. my distinguished colleague here. we are in a 110th year in the united states will make things in the u.s. here. [applause] we operate in four countries so we do it in a variety of ways and compare it a little bit in the policy matters and a good place for manufacturing we have a lot of natural positives we can use to our benefit and manufacturing certainly will have some positive direct employment benefits moderated by the gains we are making with that and i think you're quite right about that. but there are some policy things that could be very positive that would encourage us to do things that are big investments. we need hundreds of millions of dollars in investments made for 30 years. so we have to be really positive about what we want to do and make sure we have a field we can play on. i think we need to have strict enforcement of trade laws. why should we maintain if we can piece straight up and my colleagues represented in the first plant still going strong and if we lose strai
tell us about that, too. >> first, think you for inviting us to this meeting. my distinguished colleague here. we are in a 110th year in the united states will make things in the u.s. here. [applause] we operate in four countries so we do it in a variety of ways and compare it a little bit in the policy matters and a good place for manufacturing we have a lot of natural positives we can use to our benefit and manufacturing certainly will have some positive direct employment benefits...
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some of the terms that he has used i reject. i reject the use of the word demon when it is applied to the 130,000 plus troops that serve in isaf and the u.s. forces among them and i reject the equivalence of our forces with the taliban in the same sentence. i understand why in frustration and anger those words can come out but on behalf of our forces, on behalf of the american people and the populations of the 50 states of isaf, i reject that term. those magnificent troops are sacrificing every day. many are sacrificing their lives. just before i walked in, i was given a report that one of our troops who when he saw a small child underneath one of our mraps in afghanistan through himself under the vehicle to pull the child out so he would not be harmed in the process paris himself. now that his sacrifice and that is dedication to a cause just as william stacey, sergeant stacey stacy was laid to rest recently and dedicated his life to this cause. i've believe and president karzai understands that and i believe president karzai ap
some of the terms that he has used i reject. i reject the use of the word demon when it is applied to the 130,000 plus troops that serve in isaf and the u.s. forces among them and i reject the equivalence of our forces with the taliban in the same sentence. i understand why in frustration and anger those words can come out but on behalf of our forces, on behalf of the american people and the populations of the 50 states of isaf, i reject that term. those magnificent troops are sacrificing every...
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mercia was for us unacceptable. the opinion of the parliament ladies and gentlemen is respectful and very clear, and what we expect is that the european parliament is treated in the same way as you will treat the germans on domestic matters. european democracy dear colleagues is as legitimate as germany's democracy. [applause] >> the next speaker for the green group and the free european alliance, rebecca harms. >> translator: thank you very much for coming to speak to us today madam chancellor. we remember you as the european head of government who got the lisbon treaty going, so a discussion with you about the functioning of european democracy is interesting. i understood you to say that you wanted to send a message that nobody in germany is following the plan to split the european parliament. the suggestions coming from germany that i understood differently and i would like it to make it very clear to you that i can't imagine that in the future in the european parliament, when it comes to tough decisions of econo
mercia was for us unacceptable. the opinion of the parliament ladies and gentlemen is respectful and very clear, and what we expect is that the european parliament is treated in the same way as you will treat the germans on domestic matters. european democracy dear colleagues is as legitimate as germany's democracy. [applause] >> the next speaker for the green group and the free european alliance, rebecca harms. >> translator: thank you very much for coming to speak to us today...
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maybe sharia is used this way. in this particular context, tunisia is a good example of the move from reference to principles to, from inposition of the law, and this is important to us, and just not take it face value. there is a lot of relationship in power in the use of the world. i know it sounds not too realistic in relations, but it matters. we have not paid attention enough to the communication with this part of the world, and so incidents are picking up, you know from decorum, segregation, to -- i would not consider the movie as, you know, something that was passed on u.s. foreign policy, but we have to deal with it, okay? apology is good, but this is, i tell you, very reactive approach. we need to be much more proactive in the way we community kate so what does this mean? if we want to target audiences or actors that can promote a vision of democracy that include not just free and fair elections, but other amendments like a plush rise tick approach to society. we have to change, also, the way we interact a
maybe sharia is used this way. in this particular context, tunisia is a good example of the move from reference to principles to, from inposition of the law, and this is important to us, and just not take it face value. there is a lot of relationship in power in the use of the world. i know it sounds not too realistic in relations, but it matters. we have not paid attention enough to the communication with this part of the world, and so incidents are picking up, you know from decorum,...
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from england, and to make us free. human rights day is about advancing equality and the american constitution as it has expanded over the years to include new groups of people and strike down barriers of race and gender, ethnic background, national origin. it is about the progress of human rights and equality, the noblest of causes for this nation and what brings us together in many ways as americans. the fight for freedom. the search for equality. and justice. and i want to talk about three specific ways that we can advance the cause of human rights in this chamber, in this session through measures that are before us. the first concerns human trafficking. i've been particularly interested in the rampant human trafficking problems on american bases abroad in places like iraq and afghanistan. victims are recruited from third countries like bangladesh and the philippines and charged exorbitant fees to travel to their work sites often misled about where they're going, what that are salaries will be and what their living c
from england, and to make us free. human rights day is about advancing equality and the american constitution as it has expanded over the years to include new groups of people and strike down barriers of race and gender, ethnic background, national origin. it is about the progress of human rights and equality, the noblest of causes for this nation and what brings us together in many ways as americans. the fight for freedom. the search for equality. and justice. and i want to talk about three...
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and the key thing they provided us feedback on was, you know, you taught us how to use the software. you taught us about the soft area. you didn't teach us how to do our job with the new system. and so in response, with a we have done is we have developed training an mules manuals for each of the perspective jobs. each of the desks and they had the training manual on their desk additionally. our plan going forward is we're going to forward-deploy people who have implementing the system before on location to help the people when they receive the new software, learn how to use it along with those training manuals. so i think sometimes our challenge is we're introducing something new and we think because we have been in the development proand the oversight process the people who receive it are going understand it's the way we do. >> this is the cultural change many of you mentioned in your testimony. part of it. >> yes, sir, exactly. >> any other takers? >> i would like to comment. we have done several things to make sure that our work force, their training and audit readiness. and cert
and the key thing they provided us feedback on was, you know, you taught us how to use the software. you taught us about the soft area. you didn't teach us how to do our job with the new system. and so in response, with a we have done is we have developed training an mules manuals for each of the perspective jobs. each of the desks and they had the training manual on their desk additionally. our plan going forward is we're going to forward-deploy people who have implementing the system before...
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denying massive amounts of people their rights used to be us, not being concerned used to be us. so i would say looking historically there have been periods where we have been on various different measures better than we are now. they're also been measures where we have been worse than we are now so it is a mixed picture i would say but the question we are addressing i wouldn't say the real question with all the things tom talks about are important and i agree with the pep talk. we don't exercise the unipolar authority if we ever actually did and we never actually did. we spend the cold war dealing with a soviet union that wielded a certain amount of influence and have troops for control of half of europe and i think the situation is unquestionably better now in terms of the strategic situation and yielding the overall influence and i think the way to look at this, as john also talked about is when i measure american success and american influence, i measure it against the capacity to uphold a certain kind of world order which the united states has upheld for many decades since t
denying massive amounts of people their rights used to be us, not being concerned used to be us. so i would say looking historically there have been periods where we have been on various different measures better than we are now. they're also been measures where we have been worse than we are now so it is a mixed picture i would say but the question we are addressing i wouldn't say the real question with all the things tom talks about are important and i agree with the pep talk. we don't...
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they used the same targeting techniques they were doing to use in afghanistan for to do disaster relief and made sure the right stuff deposit on the right aircraft and right sequence going to the right place by using the targeted techniques. say that went to doing high combat to humanitarian relief. they did it on a furp of a dime. when at mission was over, went back and did the combat air. c-span: as you know, much better than i do. there are three aircraft carriers on the planning one being build jerry ford class, and so i saw an estimate to the cbn aiding in 2018. it's going to cost $13 billion. >> well, junior i are -- the john f kennedy will be 79. we haven't gotten to that. c-span: those are $10 billion at least? >> yeah. and i'll -- yes, that explanation. s awe pointed out sphord a brand new class of aircraft carrier. it's old from the limits it's replacing or following. the navy's plan when these came up in the late 1990's early part of 2000 was to put the technology on in three ships to incrementally change the ship. secretary of defense in 2002, secretary rumsfeld said no we'r
they used the same targeting techniques they were doing to use in afghanistan for to do disaster relief and made sure the right stuff deposit on the right aircraft and right sequence going to the right place by using the targeted techniques. say that went to doing high combat to humanitarian relief. they did it on a furp of a dime. when at mission was over, went back and did the combat air. c-span: as you know, much better than i do. there are three aircraft carriers on the planning one being...
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us out. each member of this party must take responsibility and look at what's best for the next generation not just for winning the next election. for my part, i will continue to continue the fight for balanced and responsible deficit reduction. if the american people can share in sacrifice in our cities, counties and states all over this country, as they're already doing in my home state of delaware, then republicans and democrats have to show that we too can come together and find a way to compromise. mr. president, it's time we recognize the sobering reality that if we're going to plug the hole in our national balance sheets, if we're going to avoid the fate of europe, and it is a really, really big hole in the bottom of america's balance sheet, while still continuing to investment in our future and in the strength and promise and opportunity for our families we have to find, i think, a more responsible and more fair balanced between spending cuts and revenue increases. we simply cannot ac
us out. each member of this party must take responsibility and look at what's best for the next generation not just for winning the next election. for my part, i will continue to continue the fight for balanced and responsible deficit reduction. if the american people can share in sacrifice in our cities, counties and states all over this country, as they're already doing in my home state of delaware, then republicans and democrats have to show that we too can come together and find a way to...
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tell us what the rules are going to be, give us some flexibility, give us a reasonable amount of time and get out of the way. that's what he said. i've always remembered those words, and i think it may apply here too today. i want to thank the chairman and ranking member, susan collins, for calling a hearing for which and what is complicating really what the chairman said, he mentioned try to open up, if you have an idea, bring it to us. and that i think is had an open door, too bad some have taken full opportunity of the. i know have a lot of distractions around you. sometimes that happens. we are being attacked by hackers across the world and closer to home, and it's likely to get worse, not better. while some of -- some of them are there to steal ideas, steal our defenses secrets or intellectual property. blackmail businesses and nonprofits and to do worse. they are also, the challenges that i think we have here, i think we need a bold plan, we need a roadmap. i hope again we can move along that way, too, today. i'm especially pleased with legislation that is being introduced inclu
tell us what the rules are going to be, give us some flexibility, give us a reasonable amount of time and get out of the way. that's what he said. i've always remembered those words, and i think it may apply here too today. i want to thank the chairman and ranking member, susan collins, for calling a hearing for which and what is complicating really what the chairman said, he mentioned try to open up, if you have an idea, bring it to us. and that i think is had an open door, too bad some have...
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it is treasure to us. especially as we go to new generations of aircraft that need more space to operate in, and tactics involved largest redwood aircraft and different types of scenarios. the range complex in alaska, as you know is phenomenal. red flag alaska gives us the opportunity to do anything which is very important to me as a capability provide any future if unconfirmed, and that's to bring partners together. i had a meeting about a week and half ago with a polish chief. pages return from their first trip and want to come tell me how much they enjoyed it and how valuable it was as training for them. and also ask my support and other newer member nations from nato to consider doing the same thing. and as you know, there's several to we have invited as an air force. and so, lots of things a positive about the state of alaska. on the arctic issue, i'm not an arctic expert. the one thing i do know just from the nato look at the arctic in europe and the air commander job there is that one of the problem
it is treasure to us. especially as we go to new generations of aircraft that need more space to operate in, and tactics involved largest redwood aircraft and different types of scenarios. the range complex in alaska, as you know is phenomenal. red flag alaska gives us the opportunity to do anything which is very important to me as a capability provide any future if unconfirmed, and that's to bring partners together. i had a meeting about a week and half ago with a polish chief. pages return...
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lord, remove our sins from us and cleanse us with your spirit, emancipating us from fears about what tomorrow may hold. continue to direct the steps of our lawmakers, keeping them from eleventh-hour decisions that bring unintended negative consequences. remind them that the cost of indecision may be much higher than they anticipate. purple them of the things that increase discord, that in unity they may serve you with fanalfulness. we pray in your sacred name. amen. the presiding officer: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c, december 6, 2012. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable tom udall, a senator from the state of new mexico, to perform the duties f the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, preside
lord, remove our sins from us and cleanse us with your spirit, emancipating us from fears about what tomorrow may hold. continue to direct the steps of our lawmakers, keeping them from eleventh-hour decisions that bring unintended negative consequences. remind them that the cost of indecision may be much higher than they anticipate. purple them of the things that increase discord, that in unity they may serve you with fanalfulness. we pray in your sacred name. amen. the presiding officer:...
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for us to use the system that president obama wants to use, we would have to have capability, it's called -- it's a system called sm-32-b. that system would not be developed and to be able to used until after 2020. so this is something that is probably one of the most serious things that we're deal dealing with right now and remember very well when president obama was meeting with the russian president medvedev on monday, march 26 of this year, president obama said this is when the mike was on and nobody knew he could be heard. he said and this is a quote, "on all these issues but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved but it's important for him, talking about the russian incoming president vladimir putin, important for him to give me space. these are his words. this is my last election. after my election i have more flexibility. what does that tell you? it tells you not only is it bad enough what he's already done in taking out our ability to defend ourselves against an incoming missile from anywhere, specifically from iran, that is -- that is a crisis that we're dealing
for us to use the system that president obama wants to use, we would have to have capability, it's called -- it's a system called sm-32-b. that system would not be developed and to be able to used until after 2020. so this is something that is probably one of the most serious things that we're deal dealing with right now and remember very well when president obama was meeting with the russian president medvedev on monday, march 26 of this year, president obama said this is when the mike was on...
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verify all payments using primary source accounting records. organize audit teams to match more complex and challenging tasks. pick up the pace of fraud referrals to the defense criminal investigative service. develop a more effective audit follow-up strategy. and lastly, follow up to ensure that prosecutions occur where warranted or necessary. these adjustments should be achieved using available resources. correct these problems and top-quality reports will be the norm. all these goals are within easy reach. once accomplished, audits will be fully aligned with the core mission of the inspector general. in closing, i want all the auditors in the inspector general's office to know that i consider their oversight mission to be one of the highest importance. there is nothing more important to the taxpayers than having an aggressive team of auditors watchdogging how the taxpayers' money is being spent. i know there has been a concerted effort over the past few years to improve the quality of their work. i deeply respect, deeply appreciate and will
verify all payments using primary source accounting records. organize audit teams to match more complex and challenging tasks. pick up the pace of fraud referrals to the defense criminal investigative service. develop a more effective audit follow-up strategy. and lastly, follow up to ensure that prosecutions occur where warranted or necessary. these adjustments should be achieved using available resources. correct these problems and top-quality reports will be the norm. all these goals are...
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that's not all they tell us. to some, tax reform is an opportunity to reinvigorate economic growth, unleash economic activity, create jobs, boost revenues and help solve or deficit problems. to do all of the things at the same time. so today we wanted to provide the foundation for a discussion of what tax reform should accomplish but also to put up guardrails on the conversation to keep it grounded in the evidence of what tax reform relistically can accomplish. on drawing the expertise on the tax excerpts among the advisory counsel. the hamilton project put together half dozen questions. i hypo you picked up a copy on the way. the starting point is the observation that the economic context today is for a more challenging than in earlier tax reform areas. it's not statement about today's unemployment rate, the political situation, we're in the tough fiscal choices we must make by the end of the year. it's also about the fact that we face at least three important long-term economic issues that relate closely tax po
that's not all they tell us. to some, tax reform is an opportunity to reinvigorate economic growth, unleash economic activity, create jobs, boost revenues and help solve or deficit problems. to do all of the things at the same time. so today we wanted to provide the foundation for a discussion of what tax reform should accomplish but also to put up guardrails on the conversation to keep it grounded in the evidence of what tax reform relistically can accomplish. on drawing the expertise on the...
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violence of hi own people and european allies coming to us and telling us how important it was for us to act, the arab league calling for intervention as well, we went to the europeans in that case and said, we agree, action needs to be taken. we took the lead, got a u.n. security council resolution and said we're prepared to do -- >> let me focus in, i appreciate and honor that, too, but, you know, to build a, an appropriate defense mechanism as a group of countries, it takes year in, year out, year in, year out investment. i mean, just as we see right now with sequestration here. i mean, the pentagon's already beginning to be concerned about the future because their horizon is not just in a month, but it's over a long period of time. and i think what we're seeing in europe is over a long period of time a very downward trajectory. and so i honor what happened in libya, but i'm still not seeing anything whatsoever that's changing the trend to move it back up to, by the way, what is a commitment. i mean, this is not like a goal, a 2% investment of gdp is an absolute commitment by the n
violence of hi own people and european allies coming to us and telling us how important it was for us to act, the arab league calling for intervention as well, we went to the europeans in that case and said, we agree, action needs to be taken. we took the lead, got a u.n. security council resolution and said we're prepared to do -- >> let me focus in, i appreciate and honor that, too, but, you know, to build a, an appropriate defense mechanism as a group of countries, it takes year in,...
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is that the right model for us going forward? so i think these are the kind of questions but there are no easy answers. they are very, very politically charged difficult issues, but we owe it to ourselves and the country to sit down and tried to wrestle with these to try to come up with a better approach. >> we in the reserves already enjoyed the gray area in our retirement, 60 years old is a similar period being contemplated for the active? >> again, really we are looking forward to the establishment of this commission, and i don't have any particular proposals that have been put on the table yet. >> i was chatting with a junior officer this morning, remember back on my reserve service in the 1970s, after coming back from southeast asia. and there was a period where we were running through the woods yelling and banging because there was no training ammuniti ammunition. the funds have been cut out of the carter year defense budget. and it took 15 years to recover the capability of the reserve force for desert storm that evolved i
is that the right model for us going forward? so i think these are the kind of questions but there are no easy answers. they are very, very politically charged difficult issues, but we owe it to ourselves and the country to sit down and tried to wrestle with these to try to come up with a better approach. >> we in the reserves already enjoyed the gray area in our retirement, 60 years old is a similar period being contemplated for the active? >> again, really we are looking forward...
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so i'm going to use some charts. i don't normally do that but i think in order to understand what happened here you have to take a look at it. i would like to publicly thank the members of the panel, a very distinguished group of americans, they included general fred franks, caleb cage, gary huey, fountain, jackie taylor, mortuary subject matter experts. bruce parks, medical examiner expert. dr. vic snyder is a former member of congress and also a medical doctor. and very importantly miss ruth stonecipher who is gold star mother. very important to have her on the panel as well. i want to make sure you understand what we were told to do and what we weren't told to do so you can put this in perspective. of course we were told to look in a forward-looking manner about whether or not we're moving in the proper direction to correct deficiencies out at dover that were noted in a number of different reports and we were told to look at processes, techniques, procedures, to make sure they were, those that were having deficien
so i'm going to use some charts. i don't normally do that but i think in order to understand what happened here you have to take a look at it. i would like to publicly thank the members of the panel, a very distinguished group of americans, they included general fred franks, caleb cage, gary huey, fountain, jackie taylor, mortuary subject matter experts. bruce parks, medical examiner expert. dr. vic snyder is a former member of congress and also a medical doctor. and very importantly miss ruth...
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it falls to us in the research community and it falls to us in the media and falls to false to us in the public to be able to force the candidates to be able to test those assumptions and knocked down those myths so we thank you all for being a part of this process today. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> we are live this morning at the pentagon for a remembrance ceremony honoring the victims of the september 11 attacks on this day 11 years ago hijacked airlines flight crashed into the west side of the pentagon killing all 59 passengers on board as well as 125 people in the building. as guests continue to arrive at the site, the ceremony will unfold this morning. coming up at 9:37 there will be a moment of silence. that will be followed by remarks from president obama, secretary leon panetta and and and joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey. >> who perished during the attack on the pentagon on september 11, 2001. we have -- please listen now as the navy brass quintet plays a prelude concert. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [bac
it falls to us in the research community and it falls to us in the media and falls to false to us in the public to be able to force the candidates to be able to test those assumptions and knocked down those myths so we thank you all for being a part of this process today. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> we are live this morning at the pentagon for a remembrance ceremony honoring the victims of the september 11 attacks on this day 11 years ago hijacked airlines flight crashed into...
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they definitely want us in the game and on the same side. the drug lobby which spent $75 million on front groups called healthy economy now and americans for stable quality care in july mr. hall wrote that "rahm asked for hair harry and luis ads through third party. we've already contacted the amendment of" mr. president, my statement goes on and on. it's a case of the worst kind of deal making lined closed doors, nontransparent, getting special interests -- giving special interests their objectives achieved at the expense of the american people. mr. president, the white house owes us an explanation. we need to know why mr. axelro mr. axelrod's old firm was hired to run the ads promoting obamacare. at the time an organization spokesman said that the e-mail suggest otherwise. e-mail off emile referred to four men as the white house team running health care. one e-mail phrma consultant steve mcmann called these four the white house designated folks. he explains that they are very close to axelrod. they have been put in charge of the campaign t
they definitely want us in the game and on the same side. the drug lobby which spent $75 million on front groups called healthy economy now and americans for stable quality care in july mr. hall wrote that "rahm asked for hair harry and luis ads through third party. we've already contacted the amendment of" mr. president, my statement goes on and on. it's a case of the worst kind of deal making lined closed doors, nontransparent, getting special interests -- giving special interests...
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we are using their audit approach and the audit to guide us. so there -- they are a huge success. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> mr. andrews? >> thank you, mr. chairman, for giving us a little for the opportunity to explore this. i also want to ask about the personnel training in a bit more detail. one thing that i work together has really taught us is that we can have really well thought out software systems and we can clean up some of the other problems, but if the people are not properly trained to use the system, it doesn't work. what would each of you identify as our principal problem right now in the personnel training area? what's our biggest efficiency or flaw? and what you think we need to do to fix it? will be the number one problem you would point to? >> i will start, and then again this is an organized -- i would ask my colleagues for those who want to, to comment. we don't right now have a framework in the defense community that allows us to require training across the board. we have a lot of courses, and i think our
we are using their audit approach and the audit to guide us. so there -- they are a huge success. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> mr. andrews? >> thank you, mr. chairman, for giving us a little for the opportunity to explore this. i also want to ask about the personnel training in a bit more detail. one thing that i work together has really taught us is that we can have really well thought out software systems and we can clean up some of the other problems, but if...
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is what makes us brief. together, let's determined to be masters, not victims, of our fates. thank you. god was our armed forces, god was the great state of california and god was america. [applause] [applause] >> if there's anything that concerns the american family today is this, our government hasn't caught up with the new facts of american family life. families have changed, so why can't washington? nearly 65% of all mothers are working, part-time, full-time, all of that time, keeping the family together, making ends meet, making america more prosperous. working mothers need affordable daycare and the pay they deserve. too often, they can't get either. >> the senate began consideration of the bill today decide to make it easier for small businesses to sell stock in an initial public offerings. objection? so ordered. so ordered. >> mr. president i am honored to be here today with the women senators to talk about the reauthorization of the balanceaw against women act, a law thatpa has a history of passing
is what makes us brief. together, let's determined to be masters, not victims, of our fates. thank you. god was our armed forces, god was the great state of california and god was america. [applause] [applause] >> if there's anything that concerns the american family today is this, our government hasn't caught up with the new facts of american family life. families have changed, so why can't washington? nearly 65% of all mothers are working, part-time, full-time, all of that time, keeping...
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give us that. we could target and transform the program to make certain those go to the most needy, not those that are able to game the system. would have how those type of reforms the iphone offering the amendment on the floor to start the process, but if are going to do a farm bill should include fundamental discussion on bases we can improve. for people with changing the program and we hear tremendous suggestions again from multiple states, folks on the front lines in saying this is what we need, we can do a better job. if we have that opportunity, we can work to fargo, that will be part of that discussion. like any other entitlements that is coming from this administration, yeah, we can spend $80 billion a year and we don't want to reform the. this administration says they don't want to reform the, the senate republicans have done a great job but hopefully that will be a battle if and when we get to conference over what's in the bill, which is $800 billion for food stamps out of a trillion doll
give us that. we could target and transform the program to make certain those go to the most needy, not those that are able to game the system. would have how those type of reforms the iphone offering the amendment on the floor to start the process, but if are going to do a farm bill should include fundamental discussion on bases we can improve. for people with changing the program and we hear tremendous suggestions again from multiple states, folks on the front lines in saying this is what we...
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and we us we use 20% of the wos energy. so you can't drill your way out of this. what you can do, if you vote for vitter, is maybe feel that you're doing something. but you are destroying whole areas of our nation that are so dependent upon the beauty of our coastline. on top of it all, this amendment would waive environmental review of this the entire plan. no environmental review. so nobody in the country would know what lay ahead. look, we don't need anymore giveaways to big oil. they are having raging profitsment even at thprofits.ee recession, billions of dollars. and here's the point: they're sitting on 50 million acres of onshore and offshore leases that they have yet to drill upon. let me repeat that. senator vitter wants to open up huge swaths of the coastline to big oil companies who are making record profits. the price of gas is soaring. and they're sitting on 50 million acres of land onshore and offshore leases that they have yet to drill upon. they've done nothing with more than 70% of the offshore acres, and nearly 60% of the i don'tene onshore acres
and we us we use 20% of the wos energy. so you can't drill your way out of this. what you can do, if you vote for vitter, is maybe feel that you're doing something. but you are destroying whole areas of our nation that are so dependent upon the beauty of our coastline. on top of it all, this amendment would waive environmental review of this the entire plan. no environmental review. so nobody in the country would know what lay ahead. look, we don't need anymore giveaways to big oil. they are...
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some of us. we have fought against it. we have tried to end it. we have established programs and policies at the national and state levels to mitigate it. we have stood with the victims of domestic violence. and now we must stand up and reaffirm our outrage. it is, in my mind, a no-brainer, and i am, frankly, hard pressed to understand why anyone would stand in the way of denouncing violence against any woman. no matter who they are, no matter what their orientation or citizenship is. i am hard pressed to understand why anyone would choose to exclude violence against certain women, turn back the clock to a time when such violence was not recognized, was not a national disgrace, and make a distinction when and against whom such violence meets our threshold of outrage. there can be no such threshold and no such distinction. violence against any woman is an outrage, plain and simple. and so is the message to be that we are willing for some reason that in my mind defies logic to accept violence again
some of us. we have fought against it. we have tried to end it. we have established programs and policies at the national and state levels to mitigate it. we have stood with the victims of domestic violence. and now we must stand up and reaffirm our outrage. it is, in my mind, a no-brainer, and i am, frankly, hard pressed to understand why anyone would stand in the way of denouncing violence against any woman. no matter who they are, no matter what their orientation or citizenship is. i am hard...
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he stood there for 10-15 minutes and explained those experiences to us, most of us have never had that sort of experience. it gave us a new sense of him, and it increased our respect for him, if that could have been pofnlpossible. so i join with my colleagues to say that senator dan inouye was a patriot. he set the standard really for a united states senator. he set the standard for a man or woman in our military fighting to defend his or her country. and he set the standard as an individual who showed courtesy to everyone he met. we will miss him. we honor him, and we say to his family our expressions of grief to them but, more importantly, our great respect for our colleague who today is gone. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from eafnlg alaska. mr. begich: mr. president, i ask consent to speak until my comments are completed. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. begich: i rise today to pay tribute to a mentor of mine in the senate, senator daniel inouye. the histories of my state and senator inouye's closely -- are closely conn
he stood there for 10-15 minutes and explained those experiences to us, most of us have never had that sort of experience. it gave us a new sense of him, and it increased our respect for him, if that could have been pofnlpossible. so i join with my colleagues to say that senator dan inouye was a patriot. he set the standard really for a united states senator. he set the standard for a man or woman in our military fighting to defend his or her country. and he set the standard as an individual...
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i think it's difficult for most of us to comprehend and most of us would be so revulsed by it we would not want to comprehend the kind of brutality assad is perpetrating against his own people, yet in the face of these atrocities, russia continues to prop up the assad regime by supplying it with arms that are being used to slaughter these innocent syrian civilians. russia is the top supplier of weapons to syria, reportedly selling up to $1 billion or more worth of arms just last year. western and arab governments have pleaded with russia to stop supplying these weapons to the assad regime but they have refused so far. russia is not just passively supplying weapons to the assad regime, it's also recently admitted to having military weapons instructors on the ground in syria training assad's army on how to use these weapo weapons. russian weapons, including high explosive mortars, have been found at the site of atrocities in homs. mr. president, this picture, which was taken from "al arabia" and reuters, translates into "russian foreign minister sergei lavrov, why don't you visit viss an
i think it's difficult for most of us to comprehend and most of us would be so revulsed by it we would not want to comprehend the kind of brutality assad is perpetrating against his own people, yet in the face of these atrocities, russia continues to prop up the assad regime by supplying it with arms that are being used to slaughter these innocent syrian civilians. russia is the top supplier of weapons to syria, reportedly selling up to $1 billion or more worth of arms just last year. western...
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please be with us and stay with us throughout the day and a half. you are invited to be with us tomorrow morning when we'll have a piece on economic justice and economic empowerment where there's a whole discussion about the state of the economic -- okay -- so we'll be doing that tomorrow morning, and then tomorrow at lunch, the secretary of education, arne duncan is peeking about education. following that luncheon, there's a health, and at 2:30, we'll have a big conversation on same-sex marriage and the churches' conversation about that. exciting panel has been put together including john hust adams, dr. oprah hep rights -- henry, and hill lair, former naacp will be panelists. it will be open for discussion. we know that's going to be an exciting conversation because when the board was disused in the board meeting yesterday, we couldn't get off of it. we got stuck. we had to try to get moving. we want you to be here. we have some challenges this week that we're overcoming, things we cannot control. we lost last week's bishop brookens of the ame chu
please be with us and stay with us throughout the day and a half. you are invited to be with us tomorrow morning when we'll have a piece on economic justice and economic empowerment where there's a whole discussion about the state of the economic -- okay -- so we'll be doing that tomorrow morning, and then tomorrow at lunch, the secretary of education, arne duncan is peeking about education. following that luncheon, there's a health, and at 2:30, we'll have a big conversation on same-sex...
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can you tell us? >> in extreme circumstances, going over history -- people can stop buying the newspaper. in terms of that particular story, i think i, i wasn't on the paper at the time so i think i do remember that being a negative reaction from the readers although they felt that, you know, prime ministers should probably take the time to spell the name of a grieving widow correctly and certainly in bee received -- overall they felt he had taken the time to do it. i think that is probably fair. but it wasn't overwhelming reaction but you get reaction. >> one extreme reaction has been hillsborough but since then there isn't anything equivalent that have -- >> princess diana's death actually. for the majority, for a lot of newspapers. yes, so there have been other occasions. >> can we just go back to this conversation with mr. brown. you said it was tense. he was angry. no doubt you also say it was a private conversation. don't really want to lead you on this, if you understand me, but did he say anyt
can you tell us? >> in extreme circumstances, going over history -- people can stop buying the newspaper. in terms of that particular story, i think i, i wasn't on the paper at the time so i think i do remember that being a negative reaction from the readers although they felt that, you know, prime ministers should probably take the time to spell the name of a grieving widow correctly and certainly in bee received -- overall they felt he had taken the time to do it. i think that is...
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tools, using our military, using our intelligence assets, using homeland defense commit using advanced technologies. so that we don't think that every solution, every problem as a military solution attached to it. and did you think that is the difference in the speeches. it's the difference in the budget priorities. it's the difference in the rhetoric the two candidates talk about. and it's a difference, frankly, in the budget that congressman ryan put together. and i know, you know, budgets take months to put together. they take a lot of thought and deliberation, of thought and deliberation that went into his national security blueprint for america that the military is going to solve all of our national security problems. and that was the approach in the previous administration. i am not looking back. what i'm doing is seizing upon ideas that have been brought forward by your game. i think there's a real difference, and i think that is exactly what happened in the prior eight years. we put the burdens of the country's security on the backs of men and women in uniform, without looking
tools, using our military, using our intelligence assets, using homeland defense commit using advanced technologies. so that we don't think that every solution, every problem as a military solution attached to it. and did you think that is the difference in the speeches. it's the difference in the budget priorities. it's the difference in the rhetoric the two candidates talk about. and it's a difference, frankly, in the budget that congressman ryan put together. and i know, you know, budgets...
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and also to our panelists, who have done a great job, having a dialogue here with us in engaging us in some really important issues facing our country. so thank you all again, and hope to see you at the next heartland monitor poll release. have a good day, thank you. [applause] >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> as this hearing, as this meeting comes to a close, the labor department this morning, employers added 126,000 jobs in november, and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7%. that is the lowest since december 2008. the government says hurricane sandy had only a minimal effect on the numbers. >> you are watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs. weekdays feature live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights watch key public policy events. every weekend, the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and their schedules at our website. you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >> singer-songwriter james taylor will be at the national press club here in washington today. .. words are key to our imagination, our
and also to our panelists, who have done a great job, having a dialogue here with us in engaging us in some really important issues facing our country. so thank you all again, and hope to see you at the next heartland monitor poll release. have a good day, thank you. [applause] >> [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> as this hearing, as this meeting comes to a close, the labor department this morning, employers added 126,000 jobs in november, and the unemployment...
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everyone use zip files? they found what's called a roar file where they could package up the sensitive data, but they could encrypt it and send it out to good.mincesur.com over time. unbeknownst to them, "wall street journal." shortly after that attack several defense contractors were hacked because of this breach at that security company. and those defense contractors lost quite a bit of sensitive data. so one, two, three, that's how it happens. it's not that complex when you think of it. so security intelligence, what do we do in this new world where our traditional tools don't work when these attacks are so sophisticated? i'm going to skip to a couple slides so we -- step forward just a bit. are we frozen? >> [inaudible] >> yeah. i've been hacked. [laughter] we'll see if that comes up. um, but let me just draw kind of an analogy in our world here of voting, right? so when voting's going on the, to prevent -- let's step back just a bit. okay. so, um, to prevent voter fraud what do we do? we actually monito
everyone use zip files? they found what's called a roar file where they could package up the sensitive data, but they could encrypt it and send it out to good.mincesur.com over time. unbeknownst to them, "wall street journal." shortly after that attack several defense contractors were hacked because of this breach at that security company. and those defense contractors lost quite a bit of sensitive data. so one, two, three, that's how it happens. it's not that complex when you think...
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give us a sense of the pro-obama factor which are a strategist practitioner and tell us how it functions among others come together and how did they get funded? was the mission and priorities u.s.a. and if you could give us a sense of the message strategy and planning that goes on and what value it as it does not add. >> thank you again for having me. it's a pleasure to be here. i wish i could say it's a pleasure to talk about the super packs in the election. it is not. the supreme court made a strange decision that has allowed these entities to exist and unfortunately that has an escalation of these superpacs that are supporting one candidate. it's not just in presidential. in random congressional races you have superpacs were one or two donors get together and put a million dollars or $2 million into a superpac organization to influence the auction. and that is never happened before in that kind of way. that assertive and historic point. and as many of you may now come a president obama of course had a very strong opinion that this was wrong, a very strong opinion about campaign financ
give us a sense of the pro-obama factor which are a strategist practitioner and tell us how it functions among others come together and how did they get funded? was the mission and priorities u.s.a. and if you could give us a sense of the message strategy and planning that goes on and what value it as it does not add. >> thank you again for having me. it's a pleasure to be here. i wish i could say it's a pleasure to talk about the super packs in the election. it is not. the supreme court...
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the oim report gave us renewed hope, hope that our cares about us and listens to the plight to help us regain some quality of life. i survived a near fatal accident at 15 years old and also found a resolution to the pain i experienced in my 20s, but i've had back pain for 20 years, and i developed pain as well as migraine headache. my story echoes the experiences of millions. i'm one of many. the reality is that my choice in being here today, while it is a privilege, means that for the rest of this week and maybe next, that i'll be somewhat income pass at a timed, and many in the country don't have this choice anymore. from the moment i oche my eyes every morning, first thing i feel is pape and it stays with me throughout the day. as the number of hours i develop to managing aappointmentments, pain symptoms, and medication side effects, which now averages 25 hours a week for me, my normal daily activities are more and more difficult and the most meaningful pieces of me and my life slowly fades away. due to an inadequate research effort, doctors don't have the training or scientific inf
the oim report gave us renewed hope, hope that our cares about us and listens to the plight to help us regain some quality of life. i survived a near fatal accident at 15 years old and also found a resolution to the pain i experienced in my 20s, but i've had back pain for 20 years, and i developed pain as well as migraine headache. my story echoes the experiences of millions. i'm one of many. the reality is that my choice in being here today, while it is a privilege, means that for the rest of...
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what can you tell us? you've written about the different generation of leadership that these men present. the one to start? in the chinese media it was the culture of the experience. both of them were sent to the countryside where they worked with a farmer for 50 years. it is an extraordinary difficulty in the city's to the countryside. the very difficult life experience for the important trade which defines the beavers. i can have a few words for that. enduring, about devotee, confidence. i think it's important to know this generation. in many ways also the study in college and at the end of culture for most of them this early 1980's was the most liberal period in china's system was exposed and the ideas and they actually have the constitutional development in the foreign country in the u.k. and elsewhere in to chinese he reads english very well along. now that is a wonderful opportunity, and this also could be a problem because they would fail to understand. this is a generation because of their personal
what can you tell us? you've written about the different generation of leadership that these men present. the one to start? in the chinese media it was the culture of the experience. both of them were sent to the countryside where they worked with a farmer for 50 years. it is an extraordinary difficulty in the city's to the countryside. the very difficult life experience for the important trade which defines the beavers. i can have a few words for that. enduring, about devotee, confidence. i...
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it's not us. in many cases it's people around the world that don't even like us that control whether we're going to have access to oil or what the cost is going to be. today 70% of our oil is imported. so we've got 30% that we've got some ability to control and to access. but 70% of it, we're at the whims of other people. we're at the whims of the market. you know what? they don't like us and they don't care with a we pay. and i might say, mr. president, many of those countries use the dollars we send them to fund terrorists to, fund the very people that we run into on the battlefield in afghanistan, iraq, and around the world. they aren't concerned with our economy. they aren't concerned with the future of our country or the future of our children. not a very comforting situation to rely on for our energy, especially with 70% reliance on what they have. let me suggest that this requires u.s. dollars to be spent and u.s. lives to be put on the line to make sure that day in and day out this country
it's not us. in many cases it's people around the world that don't even like us that control whether we're going to have access to oil or what the cost is going to be. today 70% of our oil is imported. so we've got 30% that we've got some ability to control and to access. but 70% of it, we're at the whims of other people. we're at the whims of the market. you know what? they don't like us and they don't care with a we pay. and i might say, mr. president, many of those countries use the dollars...
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each of us trust that comes to us. in fact, the food itself is becoming more internationally available an international distributor manila to cyberspace and i say any particular way that cyberspace has become as important to assess food. depending on who you are in the opening of what you do the feeling very much increasingly just like food or having an increasingly locally supplied cyberspace in the infrastructure that we depend upon. and similarly for all those who use cyberspace, it's somewhat challenging and somewhat to know what they're not the cyberspace using is safe and secure and can be tested. and so we have to often rely on others to help ensure that safety and security interest. and so, again, one analogy, even things that we would apply and that demand such as understanding what the risks are , taking action to try to address them, and having plans that you can put in place if those risks actually come to pass are probably also appropriate things for us to dilantin and discuss as we talk plus a pledge in t
each of us trust that comes to us. in fact, the food itself is becoming more internationally available an international distributor manila to cyberspace and i say any particular way that cyberspace has become as important to assess food. depending on who you are in the opening of what you do the feeling very much increasingly just like food or having an increasingly locally supplied cyberspace in the infrastructure that we depend upon. and similarly for all those who use cyberspace, it's...
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so what does that mean for us? it means to me that this is one of these, you never know what instrument actually gets the job done in these situations and you never know how things stack up the cause you are not in their heads. so as we lurch down the road here, it seems to me that we ought to be doing a couple of things. one, making it very clear that we are trying to come up with some kind of a negotiating and to this weaponization drive if that is what they are about. and frankly it's bigger than that and there needs to be stability. but at the same time we are not going to just stand by and we are certainly not going to stand by if they decide to take a whack at us for some reason or try to close the strait so it's just not going to happen. these are not good outcome so therefore let's not precipitate them. >> it seems to me if you look down the road and you what is this, so what if iran turns out to come out one day and say hey guess what? whether they do or not, where do we want to be in that situation? so th
so what does that mean for us? it means to me that this is one of these, you never know what instrument actually gets the job done in these situations and you never know how things stack up the cause you are not in their heads. so as we lurch down the road here, it seems to me that we ought to be doing a couple of things. one, making it very clear that we are trying to come up with some kind of a negotiating and to this weaponization drive if that is what they are about. and frankly it's bigger...
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demands of us. sometimes that is tough. we have a lot of things we could do that might theoretically produce an answer, create a confession, do something else to wage a war but the important thing is that we behave in a way that earns the trust of the american people and in the end is far more affected than law enforcement and intelligence principled than some of the other extreme measures that will take place until other countries. that is the challenge we face in the future. to not forget who we are and what we are. to be better at what we are and what we do than anyone else in protecting in keeping save the people in this country. >> i was hoping we could open it up to questions now. the gentleman here. >> i want to thank all of you for your service and agree with the spirit of cooperation you gentlemen are promoting. no single agency department has all the tools needed. going forward, we have some great tools that the place since september 11. we track large sums of money that travel throughout
demands of us. sometimes that is tough. we have a lot of things we could do that might theoretically produce an answer, create a confession, do something else to wage a war but the important thing is that we behave in a way that earns the trust of the american people and in the end is far more affected than law enforcement and intelligence principled than some of the other extreme measures that will take place until other countries. that is the challenge we face in the future. to not forget who...